Growing up in a family prone to spontaneous road trips, I’ve always had a nomadic streak. It didn’t hurt to learn that my ancestry includes Lappi reindeer herders and explorer Henry Hudson, not to mention my great-grandfather the Swedish merchant mariner, who rounded both Capes and went AWOL in New York City to marry my great-grandmother. Despite loving road trips, I never dared foreign travel until my sisters drew me into it. They lived in Greece, and the time finally came that I just had to go there, so I did. On my first expedition, I spent half my time being afraid of everything and half my time loving it!

My sister Sal is the daring adventurer, and with her as companion I traveled to places I’d probably not have gone alone: the Greek Isles, India, and Nepal. These experiences shaped me in so many ways. I came back from Europe and Asia more eager than ever to write about travel, and plunged into full-time freelancing with a vengance. My pen eventually turned to guidebooks, but writing about the experience of travel remains one of my favorite things. As a member of the Society of American Travel Writers, I’ve had the opportunity to join my peers in explorations that my sister, now mom to two young children, would enjoy.

On my related website, friendtravels.com, I post my previously published travel narratives. If you’re an editor and wish to use one, email me and we’ll discuss. I also have many, many travel photos available for download in my galleries.

See http://www.sandrafriend.com/my-articles/articles/ for my articles on travel throughout the world
See www.candidtravels.com for my stock photography and fine art photography

Where in the world have I been?
Britain > London
British Virgin Islands > Tortola, Virgin Gorda
Canada > Ontario, Quebec
Chile > Santiago, Patagonia, Valparisio
Greece > Athens, Corfu, Ioaninna, Rhodes, Santorini
India > Goa, Lucknow, Jaipur, Mumbai, Pushkar
Nepal > Kathmandu, Pohkara, Terai
Saudia Arabia > Riyadh (airport)
US Virgin Islands > St. Thomas

STATES: Alabama | Arkansas | Arizona | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia
Illinois | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Mississippi |
New Hampshire | New Mexico | New Jersey | New York | Nevada | Ohio | Pennsylvania | North Carolina | South Carolina | Tennessee | Utah | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Vermont | Virginia